making a crossover cable advice

**sitinduck** · 2nd October 2002

Hi
I have seen the diagrams for the posistions of the the individual wires, is it just a case of cutting the cable and then splicing the wires together, could someone let me know if I'm on the right track........

cheers..............

**grimp** · 3rd October 2002

Try the following for a fairly detailed guide:

http://www.littlewhitedog.com/reviews_other_00009.asp

This is the one I followed, but it will be much more difficult if you don't have a crimper. Unless you are planning to make several cables, buying a ready-made crossover cable may well be cheaper than buying the crimper.

**Freaky** · 3rd October 2002

cool guide m8 nice and easy to follow

and yep the cables are not that expensive anyway, or you could get a crossover plug to go on the end of a normal cable, this is just like a phone adapter but turns a normal cable into a crossover, i got one from the computer fair and the guy said it would work, i was a bit dubious till i got home and it worked just fine.